Branch - Definition

n 1: a division of some larger or more complex organization; "a
branch of Congress"; "botany is a branch of biology"; "the
Germanic branch of Indo-European languages" [syn: branch,
subdivision, arm]
2: a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main
stem of a plant
3: a part of a forked or branching shape; "he broke off one of
the branches" [syn: branch, leg, ramification]
4: a natural consequence of development [syn: outgrowth,
branch, offshoot, offset]
5: a stream or river connected to a larger one
6: any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm; "the
arm of the record player"; "an arm of the sea"; "a branch of
the sewer" [syn: arm, branch, limb]
v 1: grow and send out branches or branch-like structures;
"these plants ramify early and get to be very large" [syn:
ramify, branch]
2: divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork; "The
road forks" [syn: branch, ramify, fork, furcate,
separate]